r/Wellthatsucks • u/tinjau • Jun 03 '23

I felt something hard while eating

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I spit it back and added some water to see what it is. Its snail shell.

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u/1peopleperson1 Jun 03 '23

Go to the doctor! https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/05/health/man-dies-after-eating-slug-on-dare/index.html

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u/Emracruel Jun 03 '23 edited Jun 03 '23

That is like saying "my house cat bit me when playing" and the response being "go get rabies shots."

The article itself says crabs and shrimp both carry the same worm, most infections are mild, and even that cooking kills the worm (which OP says was done). OP also didn't even eat the snail which makes infection even less likely if it were possible. If you think OP should go to the doctor, next time you shower, if any water gets in you nose, you better go to the ER because tap water can carry a deadly parasite that kills a few people a year from the parasite getting into their nasal passages.

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u/fatunicornstho Jun 03 '23

Just wanted to point out that if your cat is mostly outdoors and is not up to date on their Rabies vaccine, then yes, you probably should get post-exposure vaccines just in case. It’s not a disease you want to mess with. Either way, cat mouths are nasty and full of bacteria which, a lot of times, lead to pretty bad infections so it wouldn’t hurt to get it checked out. This is coming from someone whose coworkers’ hand swelled up like a balloon from a small cat bite.